With an installed capacity of over 10,500 MW, India is currently the fifth-largest generator of wind power in the world.  As it adds about 1,200 MW of wind capacity per year, the potential is far from depleted, but developers are faced with challenges in erecting the turbines in remote areas. Photo: Regen Wind Transporting large turbine blades to construction sites poses challenges.  Unlike their Western counterparts, Indian developers often must find innovative means to transport large turbines through narrow, crowded roads to ill-equipped, hilly sites. “Non-availability of transport and cranes, lack of experienced manpower and infrastructure [lacking] such things as

A twofold collapse failure on a construction site for an extension of the Delhi Metro has officials investigating and rail opponents incensed. An elevated section of track came crashing down on July 12, killing six workers and injuring 20. One day later, three cranes trying to remove the launching girder had a “mechanical failure,” says Delhi Metro spokesman Anuj Dayal. Slide Show Photo: AP/Wideworld Launching girder was placing a concrete segment when pier cap failed beneath it. Photo: AP/Wideworld The design-build contract on the 20-km new corridor being built from Delhi’s central core to the southeast is held by Gammon